"You know what I was thinking?"
"...I just, I thought you'd think that."
As I said that, I lowered my gaze at an angle, and my earlobes were colored red. He must have a black history of dancing the courtship dance when he's not thinking straight.
"I want to see it now that I remember it."
I whispered, lowering my voice so only he could hear.
"Can't you do it?"
"...?"
"Can't you dance with me with ribbons and flowers while you're in your right mind?"
Reynos stiffened at the unthinkable request.
He looked at me with trembling eyes, as if to ask if he really had to, and I gave him an intense stare that said yes.
Flustered, he stammered.
"In my- in my demon form?"
"No, in human form."
"No."
Reynos denied immediately.
"I really don't think that's right."
"I think it's fine."
"No. I don't like evil dragons either..."
"But you were dancing last night, too, and you're getting better and better at it.
Just when I thought he was fully acclimatized to the magic tools, he lost his cool and went dancing again last night. It was only for about an hour.
Reynos stammered.
"That's because I was irrational... I can't dance well if I'm rational. No, I don't think I can dance well, but I'll try."
Upon hearing his willingness to try, I seized him by the collar.
The sight of him dancing without a partner was adorable, but the prospect of witnessing his awkwardness while dancing with someone was even more endearing.
Reynos was flustered when he saw my eyes filled with anticipation.
Unable to say he couldn't do it, he stammered, avoiding my gaze.
"Try... I'll try."
"You'll wear flowers in your hair, too, right?"
"...I can't tie them myself because my arms are short."
"I'll do it for you."
When I didn't back down no matter what he said, Reynos closed his eyes and cupped one hand over the corner of his mouth.
He seemed to be mulling something over, and then he nodded, seemingly unable to decide.
"...I'll try. But honestly, I only know the dance in theory. I've never actually danced it properly."
"How did you know the dance?"
I asked out of the blue.
I hadn't heard of imperials courting with hip dancing, so it couldn't be something that had been passed down from generation to generation of the imperial family, so how on earth did Reynos know such a bizarre dance?
Reynos, blushing even more, answered inaudibly.
"Secrets."
"You have too many secrets."
"Well, I heard there are animals that express their feelings through dance, so I've been practicing..."
"Did you practice in the mirror?"
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RomansaI became an extra dying for my trashy fiancé. I even succeeded in becoming good friends with the female lead in an attempt to twist the original story. "I'm sorry, Ciella. But we're still friends, right?" The female lead had an affair with my fiancé...